Rich's agent claims he fainted due to heat exhaustion, however, sources close to him think it may have had more to do with his love of purple drank!

The 24-year-old rapper has not been shy about his love for the dangerous drink (AKA sizzurp), which is a mixture of alcohol and cough syrup which contains codeine. In fact, he had JUST posted a picture of himself getting his drank on days before the medical emergency!

Sources close to Rich say he was on a heavy sizzurp binge for a while, but decided to take a break in the days leading up to the shoot. Unfortunately, the diabolical drink can stay in your system for a few days and it sounds like he got hit pretty hard with the side effects!

We're definitely glad to hear Rich made a full recovery, and we really hope he learns to lay off the purple drank before he has to take another trip to the hospital!

"My metabolism actually changed like crazy this year. I have Hashimoto's disease. It's a thyroid disease, and it's now been two years since taking the medication for it, so for the VS show I didn't want to lose any more weight, I just want to have muscles in the right place, and if my butt can get a little perkier, then that's good."